Has any political scientist ever called the Communist Party of India's (CPI)
1957 victory in Kerala a political triumph of the Ezhavas, Nadars and Thiyyas -
major upper Shudra castes - but one which was headed by a communist-Brahman,
EMS Namboodiripad? Can the Left Front or Congress-led fronts win elections in
Kerala without the support of these Shudra castes? Left or Congress
governments, it is the Ezhvas, Nadars and Thiyyas - the Dalits' main tormentors
- who rule Kerala. What is the ideology then?

Did any political scientist describe Charan Singh's quitting of the Congress in
1967, and his formation of a coalition government in Uttar Pradesh, as the
beginning of the political triumph of the upper caste Shudras in UP? Any
non-Congress, non-BJP government in UP is headed by an upper Shudra? Likewise,
any BJP or Congress-led government in UP, is headed by a Dvija. What is the
ideology then?

Did any political scientist describe the Janata Dal's triumph in Bihar in 1989
as the stabilisation of upper caste Shudra politics? That Laloo's continued
hold over the power structure is a result of an over all OBC mobilisation and
not because of any "secular" agenda? What is the ideology then?

Or, did any political scientist theorise that the Left Front's 1977 triumph in
"casteless" West Bengal was a replica of the anti-Brahman movement of Tamil
Nadu, where Shudra castes camouflaged their intent under Tamil chauvinism. That
in the same way, Vaidyas, Kayasthas, Sadgops etc, in Bengali society,
camouflaged their true intent under Marxism? Did any commentator try to explore
the proposition that the same non-Brahman castes in the just concluded Assembly
elections may have thought that a co-opted Brahman like Buddhadeo Bhattacharya
was a better bet than Mamata Banerjee - a Brahman again but a woman who is
destined to be an ally of the Brahman dominated-Congress or BJP? What is the
ideology then?

Did any political scientist describe NTR's victory in Andhra Pradesh, in the
early 1980s, as the political triumph of Kammas and other Shudra castes against
the dominance of Reddys and Brahmans? Whether the Congress or the TDP, it is
either the Kammas or the Reddys -Dalits' main tormentors - who rule Andhra?
Where is the ideology then?

Did any political scientist theorise that the Congress or Janata Dal
governments - the Dalits' main tormentors - rule Karnataka and that the Siv
Sena/BJP or Congress governments - Marathas and Kunbies - the Dalits' main
tormentors again, rule Maharashtra. Where is the ideology then? And Gujarat?
The Congress or BJP - Patels and Patidars, the Dalits' main tormentors - rule
the state. Where is the ideology then?

Ideology in political alliances? Were the Samajwadis, Jan Sangh, RSS, Left and
the Gandhians ideologically closer to each other in 1977, when they came
together to defeat the Congress? Again, were all these ideologically closer to
each other in 1989, when they got together to defeat the Congress ? Were
Chandrababu Naidu, Karunanidhi, Sharad Yadav, Nitish Kumar, George Fernandes,
Ram Vilas Pasvan really progressives when they formed important constituents of
the United Front but became ideologically incorrect when they joined the
BJP-led NDA? Or, were the Left and BJP ideologically closer to each other when
they both supported the VP Singh Government?

About leadership. Is it necessary that the Congress or BJP governments at the
Centre be headed by Brahmans alone? Yes, Lal Bahadur Shastri was an exception
and so was Morarji Desai. But, why is it that all the other non-Congress Prime
Ministers - Charan Singh, VP Singh, Chandrashekhar, HD Deve Gowda and IK Gujral
- happened to be non-Brahmans? Where is the ideology then? Yes, the ideology
was indeed there - of the Chatur-Varna order, where different caste groups were
mobilised under different platforms.

Within the Congress, Kshatriyas and Vaishyas have asserted themselves and
sometimes even joined hands with the Shudras to take on the Brahmans. Wasn't
the Jan Sangh, till 1977, identified more with the Vaishyas than the Brahmans?
And didn't the Jan Sangh join hands with a Shudra-Kshatriya combine to snatch
power from the Brahmans in 1977 - and repeat the same act in 1989?

As a matter of fact, it is only the Dalits who do not camouflage their identity
or hide under different ideological shades. All the other social categories,
with no exception at all, camouflage their identities under different
ideological shades - Marxism, Liberalism, Socialism, Secularism and so on and
so on.